MEMS technology

These silicon microvalves belong to the MEMS category. ITE has developed a check valve that does not need a control mechanism and a through-flow valve that is controlled electronically using a piezoelectric stack. The key components of these two valves ...

"We have developed a proof-of-concept technology, which I hope puts pathology on a modern roadmap—benefiting from the latest developments in silicon-based microfluidics," said Govind Kaigala, a scientist at IBM Research – Zurich. ...

A tiny terahertz transmitter has generated the highest frequency ever attained by a microelectronic device, according to researchers from the TU Darmstadt University of Technology in Hessen, Germany. The device operates at room temperature, ...

Using microfluidics and micro fabrication techniques, the team is refining the next generation of Sensorbots to suck in and analyze biological samples and carry out basic genetic tests. Then, swarms of Sensorbots, deployed by the thousands, ...

Emrick added that the demand for quick, efficient repair and coating mechanisms is ever-increasing in all products ranging from biological implant devices to microelectronic materials to airplane wings. Emrick further said that when compared to ...

One of the cyber-beetle's involved in DARPA's Hybrid Insect Micro Electromechanical System program. Picture: Courtesy of DARPA Source: Supplied US scientists are training "cyborg" bees to locate mines and weapons of mass destruction. ...

OLED lighting · Power consumption · Technical / Research. Japan's Oji Paper developed a new microfabrication technology that can be used to enhance the light extraction efficiency of OLEDs. The idea is to use microparticle ...

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MEMS business

Bosch, a MEMS sensor manufacturer, has declared that Akustica and Bosch Sensortec, two companies from the Bosch Group will be together displaying their range of consumer MEMS products in Las Vegas at the Consumer ...

ST has integrated its motion and magnetic MEMS sensors with a 32-bit STM32 microcontroller and exclusive software in one miniaturized solderable module with a form factor (13x13x2 mm). ST says its sophisticated data fusion software, each iNEMO smart ...

"ST's dual-core gyroscope lights two candles with one flame," said Benedetto Vigna, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of ST's Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group. "Instead of using two dedicated sensors with significantly different specifications ...

Nanotechnology

Although some scratches on digital devices are easy to see and repair, researchers have addressed hard-to-pinpoint nanoscale scratches, which can cause the device as a whole to malfunction. Findings are published in Nature Nanotechnology. ...

By Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KU Leuven researcher Ventsislav Valev and an international team of scientists have developed a new method for optical manipulation of matter at the nanoscale. Using 'plasmonic hotspots' – regions with electric current ...

(Nanowerk News) Boston University researchers demonstrated a new way to efficiently trap and enhance light in nanoscale structures and nanopatterned thin films, which can significantly improve performance of photonic and electronic devices such as ...

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Arizona State University have successfully used kinetic lattice Monte Carlo simulations to predict the optimum dopant concentration for maximizing conductivity for gadolinium ...

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Nanotech business

Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that its support team for Europe has installed and commissioned another Black Magic deposition system for carbon nanomaterial deposition at the INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias ...

The company said researchers in its San Jose laboratories have developed a nanoscale storage system, which can contain a bit of data within just 12 individual atoms. The researchers believe that the storage method is the smallest possible form of ...

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Featured Event

Hear the latest MEMs research at the MOEMS-MEMS symposium at SPIE Photonics West. With over 19,000 attendees Photonics West is the largest photonics and laser event in North America. Plan to attend the event, 21 - 26 January 2012 at The Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, and hear cutting-edge conferences, experience industry-leading courses, and see over 1,150 companies at the exhibition.